Pacific Healthcare Essay

Pacific Healthcare Case Study Introduction to Supply Chain Management TLMT 313 B001 Sum 12 Michael Upshaw July 15, 2012 Pacific Healthcare I. Major Facts • Pacific Healthcare is the largest health care provider in Santa Barbara County. The institution consists of three hospitals: Pacific Memorial (415 beds), Pacific Cabrillo (250 beds), and Pacific Isla Vista (300 beds); also included are two nursing homes and ten

Case Name: Pacific Healthcare I. Major Facts A. Pacific Healthcare is the largest health care provider in Santa Barbara County. 1. Institution consists of 3 hospitals, two nursing homes and ten outpatient clinics. Institution has 1,500 beds to serve patients. B. Barney Rubble, corporate director of supply management, is responsible for purchasing supplies for all of Pacific Healthcare’s subsidiaries. 1. The previous head of radiology, Mr. Thurston Howell, had previously made all decisions regarding

PACIFIC HEALTHCARE CASE STUDY American Military University Case Name: Pacific Healthcare I. Major Facts Pacific Healthcare and its subsidiaries consists of Pacific Memorial, Pacific Cabrillo, and Pacific Isla Vista. It is the largest provider of healthcare in Santa Barbara County. The director of supply management is Barney Rubble, who is responsible for procuring supplies. Before passing away, Thurston Howell, director of radiology, made all decisions involving the purchasing of

Case Study One Case Name: Pacific Healthcare I. Major Facts Pacific Healthcare is the largest health care provider in Santa Barbara Country. Pacific Memorial, Pacific Cabrillo, and Pacific Isla Vista along with two nursing homes and ten outpatient clinics are all linked to Pacific Healthcare. Altogether, there are over 1,500 beds. Barney Rubble, the Pacific’s corporate director of supply management, is in charge of procuring supplies for all Pacific Healthcare subordinates. The director of

Major Facts o Pacific Healthcare is the largest healthcare provide in Santa Barbara County o 3 hospitals makeup the Pacific Healthcare along with 2 nursing homes & ten outpatient clinics o There are over 1,500 beds combined o Barney Rubble director of supply management, is in charge of procuring supplies o Mr. Thurston Howell is director of radiology and has been in charge of supplier selection of X ray film for the past fifteen years. o Mr. Rubble believes that the current Kodak price was above

Pacific Healthcare Case What alternatives should Barney Rubble consider when addressing the problem? There are basically five options in total because there are four other vendors that make X ray films. The competing companies DuPont, Agfa, Fugi, and 3M. DuPont and Agfa can produce quality that is roughly consistent with Kodak. On purely a cost basis, Mr. Rubble would most likely go with DuPont since is of roughly the same quality as Kodak while also costing less than Agfa who also produces

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